"The Last Drop" Documentary, Featuring Baykeeper Scientist Jon Rosenfield

In this documentary, actor Adrian Grenier and National Geographic Explorer Shannon Switzer Swanson explore the growing problem of water scarcity in the US—including right here in the Bay Area.

In this segment, Baykeeper scientist Dr. Jon Rosenfield explains how depleted freshwater flows are affecting the Bay and all the creatures that depend on it.

Better for Everybody

Jul 6, 2021
Sejal Choksi-Chugh
by Sejal Choksi-Chugh

"If we can’t imagine a better future, we can't create a better future." That's what my friend Khafre Jay, the executive director of Hip Hop for Change, likes to say. When we first met back in 2015, I was inspired by how his organization engaged local youth through music with messages of social justice and positive action for the future. 

Do Fireworks Pollute the Bay?

Fireworks can cause significant pollution. They are often set off over water, because setting them off over land creates a risk of fire. Some communities ban them over lakes used as drinking water sources because of pollution concerns.

After two Super Bowl fireworks shows over San Francisco Bay in 2016, several reports of fireworks pollution came in to Baykeeper’s Pollution Hotline.

Enewsletter for June 2021

June 2021
Why Is San Francisco Trailing LA on Water Conservation?

SFPUC Leads San Francisco Backwards

Jun 4, 2021

California is facing a punishing drought… again. Our rivers are running low and can’t support fish and wildlife, and people across the state will have to scramble to cut back on water use.

Bills for the Bay

May 15, 2021

California lawmakers are busily crafting new legislation, on important topics—here are the bills Baykeeper is supporting so far:

Salute the Salmon

May 5, 2021
Sejal Choksi-Chugh
by Sejal Choksi-Chugh

Every year, the Baykeeper team takes a field trip to explore the San Francisco Bay we work to protect. We’ve toured the Bay Model in Sausalito, visited the Fisher Bay Observatory at the Exploratorium, explored the SF shoreline with Kayaks Unlimited, and cruised the Bay with the Marine Science Institute.

EBMUD Declares Drought—Baykeeper: Hold the Biggest Water Users Accountable

Apr 27, 2021

Oakland—Following two years of exceptionally dry conditions, the East Bay Utility District's board of directors voted Tuesday evening (April 27) to declare a stage one drought, and asked rate payers to reduce their water use by 10 percent.   

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